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personal information about any person if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’

information about the business, commercial, financial or professional affairs of any person if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’

other information covered by a determination made by the Australian Information Commissioner if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’

any information if it is not reasonably practicable to publish the information because of the extent of modifications that would need to be made to delete the information listed in the above dot points.

Deletions have been made to the documents in accordance with the exemptions available under the FOI Act.

I write to request the release of information contained in a file identified in the INDEXED FILE LISTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, 1 July - 31 December 2016. The file is listed under the heading: Taxation, Financial Sector and Employment. It is File No. 16-925, Titled: Advice – Charities – NFPs – DGR.

I am writing to request, under the FOI Act, the following documents listed in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet's indexed list of files (January to June 2017 with reference to l 7-12993 Fraud – 2017).

Documents that details the assessment and/or assessments made by the Commonwealth or on behalf of the Commonwealth of how the humanitarian operation “Operation Padang Assist” in 2009 compared to all other operations that have been recognised under the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (HOSM).

I wish to make an application under the Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) for documents held by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (the department) containing information about people believed to be killed during a strike by the U.S. in or around the Syrian city of Raqqa on or around Friday 11 August 2017 (the strike). Those people are Khaled Sharrouf and his sons Abdullah and Zarqawi, who were Australian citizens at the time of their deaths.

Specifically, I seek access to correspondence, notes of meetings, written briefings, written advice, ministerial submissions and/or similar documents, regarding:

the strike and/or planning for the strike;

advice received by the Australian government that Khaled Sharrouf may have died in the strike, and/or a copy of that advice;

advice received by the Australian government that Abdullah and Zarqawi Sharrouf may have died in the strike, and/or a copy of that advice;

Australian government consideration about what role Australia could legitimately play in U.S. operations against Khaled Sharrouf that contained the risk of the deaths of Australian citizens; and,

awareness within the Australian government that the strike had killed or wounded Australian children, and what the consequences of those deaths may be.

Lists of attendees for the following two official functions - the lunch for the Prime Minister of Singapore in the Great Hall and the lunch for the Prime Minister of Israel at the international convention centre.

A copy of any correspondence, file notes, or other documents which detail communication between “The Juice Media” and DP&C

All internal documents or correspondence in relation to “The Juice Media”.

A copy of any complaint that was made directly or referred to DP&C in relation to items produce by “The Juice Media”

Excluding email subscriptions from The Mandarin, Isentia, or email subscription service from a web-based source, but including any on-forwarding that has any commentary on these emails. Including Google Alerts.

I would like the names of public servants or ministerial staff who are fulfilling their official duties. I’m happy to exclude the personal contact details of members of the public, excluding public servants or ministers. I exclude only mobile numbers of public servants.

1. Internal policies and guidelines surrounding the operation of Prime Minister Turnbull’s social media accounts eg. facebook.com/MalcolmTurnbull, twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm, instagram.com/TurnbullMalcolm, and information regarding the role of the PM&C in the running of these, including when the government is in ‘caretaker mode’, if applicable.

2. Internal policies and guidelines regarding the operation of social media accounts for the Office of the Prime Minister eg. facebook.com/officeofthePMAU, twitter.com/thepmo.

Under the freedom of Information Act, I request access to any policy or advice documents prepared for former prime minister Tony Abbott during his time in office in reference to creating a Home Office, or any sort of merger of the national security agencies and immigration in a super portfolio.

Clarification of request 30/08/17:

confirm that you are seeking policy or advice documents prepared by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet for the former prime minister Tony Abbott during the period 18 September 2013 and 15 September 2015 (the term of Mr Abbott’s time as Prime Minister) which addresses the:

creation of a Home Office; and/or

merger of all national security and immigration agencies into one portfolio.

I am seeking correspondence (including emails) between the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Department of Defence sent between June 1, 2017, and July 17, 2017, regarding the planning for a media event involving the Prime Minister at Holsworthy Barracks on July 17, 2017.

Please note: some of the documents released to the applicant are not available. A decision has been made under s11C(1)(a) and s11C(1)(d) that they are unreasonable to publish as they contain personal information (s47F).

Correspondence, briefings or other documentation, dated 2017, commenting on or assessing the risk of cyber attacks from North Korea sent from the Office of the Cyber Security Adviser to the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Cyber Security or his office, and sent from the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Cyber Security or his office to the Office of the Cyber Security Adviser.

Seeking copies of all correspondence, emails and documents in the possession of the Department which were provided to either the Minister or the Department by the former ILC Directors or CEO, their lawyers or representatives in the 2014/15 financial year.

Seeking access to copies of correspondence from 1 January 2017 to 28 June 2017 between the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister’s office, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Tony (Anthony) Shepherd and anyone working for or representing the Menzies Research Centre.

This column provides the date that the FOI applicant was given access to a document under s 11A.

This column provides a short summary of the FOI access request.

This column provides a short summary of the information provided under s 11A.

In accordance with the IPS requirements, agencies are required to publish details of material released under the FOI Act within 10 working days of an applicant being given access to the documents.

From 1 May 2011, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet started publishing information released under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. This information has been released in Portable Document Format (PDF) due to the redaction process. If you require access to this information in an alternative format please use the Contact Us form or please see our Help Page for assistance with PDF accessibility issues, downloading or viewing the files.